Recognizing pet grief: Signs and strategies for healing How our pets grieve and what you can do to comfort themBy Michael Dunphy

Thank @humaneworldorg.bsky.social for including my thoughts on the expressions of grief by our pets! It's great to read other experts' comments in this article, as we discuss how to recognize and help our animal companions who mourn. #animals #grief #animalcognition #animalemotion #cats #dogs

Why Won’t Nora The Leopard Seal Abandon Her Dead Pups? | Defector In the fall of 2021, Renato Borras-Chavez, a marine mammal ecologist at the University of Rhode Island, spotted a leopard seal on an ice floe. Borras-Chavez was on a research expedition to a glacial f...

Thanks to @sabs.bsky.social for inviting my thoughts on leopard-seal moms' behaviors at pup death, reported by Sperou et al.; I ask, shouldn't maternal grief (not only post-mortem attention) be considered in peer-reviewed science? #animalemotion #pinnipeds #wildlife #polarbiology #multispecies 🧪

In 2018, the world watched in awe and heartbreak as a female orca named Tahlequah (J35) from the Southern Resident Killer Whale population carried her dead calf for 17 days, traveling more than 1,000 miles through the cold waters of the Pacific Northwest.

#Tahlequah #Orca #Whales #AnimalEmotion

Cockatoos perform 30 distinct dance moves and may combine them in unique ways Captive cockatoos have at least 30 different dance moves in their repertoire, including headbanging and body rolls, according to a study by Natasha Lubke at Charles Sturt University in Australia, and ...

Why do such studies so defensive?

"Similarities with human dancing make it hard to argue against well-developed cognitive & emotional processes in parrots"

Far too much #20thCenturyThinking hanging around: #DiscardDescartes #AnimalSentience #AnimalEmotion
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Have you seen #birds gather but just assumed they were feeding?

Woman Witnesses Tragic Mystery of a Vulture '#Funeral' and It's Awe-Inspiring buff.ly/EDk9FVN

#animalbehavior #vultures #mourning #death #deathrituals #animalemotion

AI Cracks the Code of Animal Emotions, Paving the Way for Real-Time Welfare Monitoring AI can decode animal emotions by analyzing vocal patterns, revealing universal acoustic indicators of emotional valence across species. This breakthrough could transform animal welfare, livestock mana...

AI Cracks the Code of Animal Emotions, Paving the Way for Real-Time Welfare Monitoring 🧠🐾🔊 www.azoai.com/news/2025022... #AI #AnimalEmotion #TechFuture #Wildlife #SmartFarming #VeterinaryScience #Animals #Sound

'Devastating': Mother Orca Tahlequah Is Carrying Her Dead Calf Again

'Devastating': Mother Orca Tahlequah Is Carrying Her Dead Calf Again

The orca who captured global attention in 2018 by carrying her deceased calf for 17 days has face...

#orca #marineconservation #animalemotion #wildlifeprotection #oceanhealth